Improved fruit-ladder



J. H. VERITY.

Fruit Ladder.

lPatented Feb'y 22, 1870.

waited tatez JAMES H. VERITYQOF Letters Patent No. 100,219, datedFebruary 22, 1870.

zvrnovsb fRom-Lanuza LANSING, MICHIGAN.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thecame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES H. VERITY, of thecity of Lansing, in the county of lnghan,;and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Improvementon l`rnit-L`addrs; land Ido herebydeclare that the following isa'fnll, clear, and exactdescription of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1is a perspective'view.

Figure 2, section of the ladder, showing the manner of splicing theI twoparts orladders together'v 'so as to make one long ladder. I I

Figure 3,*side view of the upper sections of the two parts of the ladderasthey 'would be 'placed together for splice. p

I construct my ladder of the following parts, 'rizz r1`wo separateladders, A and B, as seen in the accompanying drawing, two platforms, Dand L, and bas-v ket-holder n. ..I connect the two ladders A and B bypins passing through the side pieces, as seen at O O.

The platform D 1 attach to ladder A by loose rung E, .passing throughthe side pieces of the ladder and the 'bed picces'of the platform F F,near their ends,

the rung reaching through from one side piece of the ladder to theother. i

I also suspend platform D, by means of a chain or cord G G attachedtoeach sideof the platfirn at Hk ll, the chain or cord passing uupwardthrough the' side `pieces of ladder Ak at J J, and-backfagain tlr'n,=;lLy

the same at K K, andfastenedfto the side pieces of ladder B atI `I, thechain or cord running loose through the side pieces of liadlerA, soythat when theftwoladders A and B are dra'ivnapartat"'.tlie base,,thecortl Or chain G G 'is taken up or pulled tl'roughlmlder A, theehykeeping platform I) suspendedo'n a-level.

I attach platthrnL to the top ofjladderl by means of pins passingthrough the top ends ofthe si'le'piecesv v VWitnesses: I

and the bed pieces of the-platform, asshown at m, the bed pieces of theplatform resting on the vupper' ends of the side pieces of ladder A;.thns'snpportal by ladder A and. fasten'edto ,ladder B, it keeps -its=place and proper le'vel. p I attach a-basket-holder, n, to eitherplatform.` It 1 may he constructed of thin strips' Vof iron, or anyother' -snitahle material, crossing each other, and turned' up itheshape of a basket-bottom, attached to the flat rod o by small bolt,the rod o b eing attached to the'l i* platform by bolt, with nut andscrew at P, allo\ving the b'asket-bolde to be moved round to any desiredposition. i i ;vs If I wish to splice the two ladders lA and -B,Iandj, Ymake a long-ladder to be used' for any ordinary purpose, I do so veryquickly and `easily/by first taking f out the pins at m', and 'the rungE, loosen the cord or 1 r fff.

chain at l l, and detach the platform; then remove r' theLpins at-O O,and the ladders aredetached. I then place ythe sockets ofthe upper endsof ladder' A, as seen at R infig. 3, against the 'top rungof lod-w`` der15, and insert therungE through the same'V holes :j in ladder A thatare. used for holding the platform D, ff and through corresponding holesin ladderB, as s howr'r at S i'n tig. 2, and my long h dderisfready fo`r'sek What l claim 'as my invention, and'desireft'o secure,, v by LettersPatent, is-- w a 1. The fruitdadder, with the suspended plaifiu'mV Danluppcr platfinm L, all. pivoted andarrangedas described, the laddei'sbeing iconvertible intoan` ex-V tensiou-laddea'as and forV the purpose'set foi-tin? 2. ln combination v with the ;upper pl' vtfo'rln L, thebasket-holder n pivoted tothe platform, as'and` for the purposedescribed'-` I 1 i A .JAMESY H; VERICDY.

